recycling

A number of community enterprises reprocess, recycle, refurbish and re-use waste materials. Many also have a social dimension: providing work for a particular client group, being owned by their employees or members, or being rooted within a particular community.

The Gloucestershire Community Waste Partnership represents 30 community enterprises engaged in recycling and waste reduction. With ACE funding, the Partnership launched a website which allows members and the public to search for community recycling organisations in Gloucestershire. A paper version of the directory is also available in libraries and council offices across Gloucestershire.

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Research Report: WASTE NOT, WANT NOTInvestigating what can be done to support the county's many waste and recycling social enterprises which reprocess, recycle, refurbish and reuse, collecting materials or making new products from waste materials

Case study: Dean Oak brandA new co-operative of wood users turning 'waste' oak from the Forest of Dean into hardwood produced using a shared brand image and a shop

Case study: Reprocessing ClusterLooking at establishing a Reprocessing Cluster Park to enable as much recycled material as possible to be reprocessed locally to where it is collected, while helping to create and expand businesses and social enterprises

Case study School uniform exchangeA county-wide volunteer-run enterprise for families offering nearly new uniform items through a mobile, sustainable service

Case study: Stroud Valleys Project - Community wood recycling A new county-wide wood recycling scheme taking waste wood and selling it for re-use or passing it on for recycling. The project would also provide employment for recovering substance abusers

Gloucestershire Community Waste Patnership

Fairtide Recycling

Furniture Recycling Project 

Gloucestershire Resource Centre

Stroud Valleys Project

Dean Oak Co-operative